| 83rd Planes, Pilots and Crews |












| Lt Dean Johnson 83rd FS |


















| The P-47 on the right with only the tail showing is HL-X, Lt. Col. Olin's plane. Unknown on the right. Olin's plane was lost on the 14th of August 1944 with Captain Peal aboard. |


| Possibly Lt. Marvin C. Bigelow 42-26591 |
| PHOTO COURTESY OF NATHAN HOWLAND |

| Major General W.E. Kepner, Commanding General of the 8th Fighter Command, meets in England with some of the officers of his command. Back Row Left to Right: Lt. Col. Edin S Chickering Col. Hubert Zemke Col. James J Stone Jr. 78th Lt. Col. Don Blakeslee Lt. Col. Glenn E. Duncan Col. Frank B James Col. Wm. Cummings Jr. Lt. Col. Einar A. Malstrom Col. Avelin P. Tacon Jr. Col. Joe L. Mason Lt. Col. Thomas J. Christian Jr. Front Row, Left to Right: Col. Edward W. Anderson Col. Murray C. Woodbury General Kepner Col. Jesse Auton Col. Francis Griswold |



| Captain Donald J. Devilliers "Devil-Ears" |
| 44-63208 P-51D 83 HL-U Lt. James S Peterson's "Wandering Boy" |

| "SONOFABLITZ" Possibly 43-6976 P-51B HL-V |



| Lt. Hubert Davis' Twilight Tear" 44-63864 HL-W |
| Captain Robert T. Green - Note unusual Tri-color checkerboard nose |

| Captain Robert Wise and HL-U "The Horrible Hoosier III" Photo courtesy of Shawn Hamilton |